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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Morristown, TN

January 30, 2013Claiborne County, Hancock County, Tennessee

NWS Morristown, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 30, 2013, 8:47 PM EST for Claiborne County, Hancock County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 1, 2013, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2013, 8:47 PM EST (01:47 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 1, 2013, 2:32 PM EST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Morristown, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Claiborne County, TN, Hancock County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Powell River near Arthur (ARTT1). The gauge peaked at 17.66 ft at Feb 1, 2013, 7:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03532000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 30, 6:29 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 6:29 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 4:38 AM EST, 16 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
438 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-
005-006-008-310945-
CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-
NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
438 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 /338 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND SEQUATCHIE VALLEY THIS MORNING...
AND PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE VALLEY COUNTIES AND INTO THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THIS AFTERNOON.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE
MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH AND WARNINGS MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS MORNING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE ALSO SEE OUR HIGH WIND WARNING AND
WIND ADVISORY PRODUCT.

MUCH COLDER AIR FLOWS INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF A
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE INCLUDING THE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES COULD OCCUR IN
THESE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

A WEAK FAST MOVING SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW MAINLY TO THE
NORTHERN HALF OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA THURSDAY
NIGHT...WITH SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 30, 2:52 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
252 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HIAWASSE DAM            35.15N 84.17W
01/30/2013                   CHEROKEE           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

1235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MURPHY                  35.09N 84.03W
01/30/2013                   CHEROKEE           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ANDREWS                 35.20N 83.82W
01/30/2013                   CHEROKEE           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&
Local storm report, Jan 30, 5:36 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 11:52 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXSevier14 hr
Jan 31, 4:05 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryMRXAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne and 22 more29 hr
Jan 31, 5:42 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXCocke, Jefferson12 hr
Jan 31, 6:22 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXHancock13 hr
Jan 31, 3:59 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXBledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie6 hr
Jan 31, 12:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningMRXRussell, Scott29 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.